Sunday, March 8, 2015

Weekly Log 2-Mar to 8-Mar-2015

1st full week of March, and perhaps the last week of wintry weather.

Monday: 0

Tuesday:7 miles morning beach run. 13 degrees, but sunny.4 miles. Deep snow running in Wahaneeta with Yaktrax. Average 13:41 pace belies the effort, as I had to stop a number of times just to catch my breath. Beautiful and fun out in the woods, but quite an effort.

Thursday:7 miles in perhaps the last snowstorm of the winter. Ran through Misquamicut, and back on the beach. Beautiful big white flakes.5 more in the falling snow. The bank closed early on account of us getting an additional 8" of fresh powder; how I could resist getting back out there? Ran the quiet streets of Misquamicut to avoid cars.

The Misquamicut Snow Wolf.
Crutch, looks like there's a
surfboard in the background.

Westerly Land Trust's
Winnapaug Farm Preserve.
Beautiful and peaceful in the new-fallen snow.

Misquamicut Beach - fun to run the beach
in the snowstorm.

Friday:5 miles in downtown Wakefield with Muddy and Paul Gray. Really tough running along the snowbanks on narrow streets. Jumped onto the plowed bike path for a bit, but that was icy. Made me really appreciate the diversity of quiet streets I have at my disposal for running choices.
Followed up the running with dinner and drinks with five of my teammates to celebrate our Super 5K men's win. Drinks: Long Trail Limbo IPA - really like this, and Glenlivet 18-year old single malt - SMOOTH! Fortunately, the rest of the guys helped subsidize this one for me, as it was $20.25 a pop. Thanks guys!

Saturday:5 miles. Quiet roads of Chin Hill, No Bottom Pond, and Misquamicut neighborhoods. Even though it was mid-morning on a Saturday, I saw nary a car.Sunday:18 miles. Ocean's Run truncated Half Marathon, including warm-up and cool-down. Write up to follow.

Weekly Mileage Log:0057 miles. Happy with this effort, especially given a race week.